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I, 3822
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Coin type
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Volume
I
Number
3822
Province
Kingdom of Pontus
Region
Pontus
City
Kingdom of Pontus
Reign
Polemo II
Person (obv.)
Polemo II (king)
Person (rev.)
Tryphaena (queen)
Issue
Year 13
Dating
50/1
Obverse inscription
ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΟΛΕΜΩΝΟΣ
Obverse design
diademed head of Polemo, r.
Reverse inscription
ΕΤΟΥΣ ΙΓ
Reverse design
diademed bust of Tryphaena, r.
Metal
Silver
Average weight
7.09 g
Reference
Rec 34
Specimens
3
Note
For discussion of the identify of the lady, portrayed, see F. Imhoof-Blumer,
ZfN
20, pp. 267–8, Rec 25, n. 2. The diadem seems to indicate that the portrait is intended to be of Queen Tryphaena.
Specimens of this coin type
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1
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P: 68
Rec 34 and Pl. III, 19
7.40
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2
Prowe
6.50
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3
Prowe
7.38
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